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Self-immolations in Beijing

Like many reporters, I rushed down to the Wangfujing pedestrian walkway in Beijing yesterday afternoon when word came out that three people had set their own car afire in what appeared to be self-immolation. The event happened at about 2:50... ...full story at Tim Johnson

from Tim Johnson on Thu, Feb 26 2009

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